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Meet me in the Bronx (Hiphop​@​50 demo)

by Marcos de la Guagua

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See yourself to be yourself. Be yourself to free yourself. Marcos loves The Bronx. In this demo version of "Meet Me in The Bronx" the narrator celebrates what they love about The Bronx, while encouraging other Bronxites to do the same.

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Meet me in the Bronx there’s so much I want to share with you
We’ll start out where it started 15-20 Sedgewick Avenue, Then
Cross town to the Lit Bar, Boogie down grind and Tat’s Cru.
If you love Hip-hop, it’s just some-thing you gotta do.


Meet me in the Bronx
In the Boogie Down Bronx

Our Botanical Garden’s way bigger than Brooklyn’s and our fellas are pretty good looking.
But folk better stay a-way if they don’t like strong women.
From the up-and-coming leaders, to the divas and abue-litas,
Yes, I be-lieve in God-ess? And you made me a believer.

Meet me in the Bronx
In the Boogie Down Bronx

The Zoo’s got a seventeen-foot long croco-dile
But the joy of the children is what really makes you smile. We’ll take the
exit by a hundred eighty seventh street,
then walk to Arthur Ave-nue,‘Cause that’s where we’re gonna eat.


Later on we’ll take la guagua down to Casa de Chema
A-hí donde co-sechan rica Bomba y rica Plena
The garden is a place where we can chill on summer nights. We’ll
Dance again to-gether in the Plena moonlight


It ain’t just a desti-nation, It’s a collection of sensations
Like how the elevated trains look like they’re flying at night! The
MT-A won’t pro-vide ele-vators at most stations
but we raise up our kids by faith and cooperation.
Neighbors helping strangers get a child up the stairs
That’s the heart of my Bronx, but what would you wanna share, if you meet me up there?


Meet me in the Bronx
In the Boogie Down Bronx



Birth-
Place of Hiphop
now
Bringing it back
To a
Practice pre-dating
the
Strip club backing-track trap,
And the
Corporate gangster attack,


To the

Project of “Peace!”,
which
preceded that.
Back to

Cindy’s birthday party,
And
Boogie Down nights

Mom and dad present,
And
“Mike with the Lights!”
To the


‘70s, Lutheran

Church basement parties

Papi providing security-
Thank
God there wouldn’t no fights!
Our

Cultures should have spaces
As
Fine as we are,
But
We’ve rebuilt with less space
than our
Art had before.

Roar! I’m angry,
But that
Won’t do God’s work
Shout’s to
Founders: Flash, Bam-batta
and the

Father “Kool Herc’”
Your

Baby’s turning 50
-oo!
God is at work!
The
BX is up!
And
We are e-nough!
We
Don’t need fancy venues
The
People make the scene
The
Bronx: Birthplace of American Dreams.

Happy Birthday Hip-hop,
Lift
Every Voice and Sing!


Meet me in the Bronx
In the Boogie Down Bronx


What would you share with me? What would you wanna see?
Tell me what it means. Could we talk about our feelings?
What would you share with me? What would you want me to see?

If you meet me up there…


Meet me in the Bronx
In the Boogie Down Bronx

Meet me in the Bronx
In the Boogie Down Bronx

credits

released August 11, 2023
Words and music by Marcos de Jesús "de la Guagua, Marcos on voice and Barril de Bomba, Horace Beasley on piano

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Marcos de la Guagua The Bronx, New York

De la Guagua = of the bus, of us. Insight-driven roots-radical rapper, music/dance-maker, Afri-Boricua folklorista, Christian. I work on wholeness in a world that divides and conquers because we are emotion and intellect. We all need a Bible, a hymnal & a drum to know where we're going and where we come from, a person becomes a person among people, and a nation needs freedom, land & dance-halls. ... more

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